Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner." West Berliners lived in a constant state of political ...
President Kennedy's famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech has taken on new meaning following a suspected terrorist attack on Berlin's crowded Christmas market. On Monday, a driver plowed through the ...
"Ich bin ein Berliner." This phrase is a much-debated quotation from a June 26, 1963 speech by President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin that can either be interpreted as "I am a Berliner" or "I am a ...
As we approach the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death, here’s a look back at his Brandenburg Gate speech in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, via NowThisNews. In the famous speech, JFK ...
The historical lore was that JFK was wrong to use the indefinite article "ein" and should have said 'Ich bin Berliner' to declare his solidarity with the embattled Cold War city BERLIN, Germany – ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A 2 1/2 minute clip of President John F. Kennedy's anti-communist Cold War "Ich ben ein Berliner" speech on June 26, 1963 is shown, two years after ...
Certain phrases have long been linked to the Berlin Wall as a symbol of the Cold War’s geopolitical divide. One is the imperative that Ronald Reagan addressed to Mikhail Gorbachev at the Brandenburg ...
I JUST read the article about quotes in your Style section. As a German living in this country for 10 years, I would like to tell you that President Kennedy did not mean he was a jelly doughnut when ...
Ich Bin Ein Berliner or “I am a Berliner” is an assertion of historical significance. It was the inspiring call of President John F Kennedy to the besieged citizens of the walled city of West Berlin ...